Meet The Team

Founder, CEO & Care Choreographer
Sieske Valk (She/Her)
Ex-Veterinary Nurse, Entrepreneur, Cat Mother to Lewis, End of Life Doula and spider in the web. Sieske is always linking up professionals in the pet sector and seeing how we can improve the lives of our furry friends.
She will be the coordinator of your pet's care and makes sure everything goes as smoothly as possible.

Registered Veterinary Nurse
Charmaine Clarke (She/Her)
BSc RVN
Charmaine is an emphatic, caring and compassionate Registered Veterinary Nurse who qualified 14 years ago. She has great interest in veterinary behaviour and health and welfare for both animals and humans, with a veterinary bias.

Registered Veterinary Nurse
Holly Sargeant (She/Her)
Bsc RVN
Holly is an RCVS registered veterinary nurse and has ten years experience in small animal practice across London. Having loved and lost her own family pets, she uses her natural compassion, kindness and empathy, along with her nursing knowledge and skills, to offer support to animals and their families. Having studied psychology and learnt the benefits of mindfulness and yoga she also has an awareness and keen interest in aiding good mental health in challenging times.

Registered Veterinarian
Dr Sarah Dantas - Goddard (She/Her)
CertAVP MRCVS
Sarah has worked as a veterinary surgeon in small animal general practice since qualifying in 2010. In 2017, Sarah completed a Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice with a focus on small animal medicine. After attending a seminar on Fear Free, Sarah has also developed a keen interest in using techniques to ensure the emotional wellbeing of cats and dogs. Sarah joined Autumn Animals due to her interest in hospice and palliative care, where she finds it very rewarding being able to help pets and their parents.

Registered Veterinarian - at-home euthanasia
Dr Ciarán Walsh (He/Him)
MVB MRCVS
Ciarán was born and raised in Dublin, where he studied veterinary medicine. He has been working as a small animal vet since 2018, during which time he has lived in New Zealand, Germany and now in London. He spends his spare time swimming, reading, or roaming around the city on his bike.

Pet Bereavement Counsellor
Naz Altinok (She/Her)
BSc MA CPCAB Cert MBACP (Reg)
Naz is a psychodynamic counsellor with special expertise in human-pet bonds and pet bereavement. She works with her clients collaboratively to find ways to process their emotions, access clarity, self-awareness, compassion, fulfilment, and inner positive change. Naz is based in London and is a mother to cat Leo.

Social Media Extraordinaire
Kezia Fentiman (She/Her)
Kezia has worked in animal-related communications for the past four years. She is particularly interested in the way language and images of animals are used in a marketing context. Kezia loves to combine her passion for animals with being creative, especially if it means working towards something meaningful, which is what drew her to Autumn Animals. Outside of work, Kezia can be found exploring new spots in Bristol/Cornwall and hanging out with her little lurcher, Laika.

Animal Osteopath
Chelsea Rubinat (She/Her)
Chelsea recently moved to London with her cats Oliver, Oscar and Charlie, moving her osteopathy clinic to the capital too. She'll be using her magic hands to treat the old bones of our Autumn Animals.

In-house Pet Portraitist
Alice Robinson-Carter (She/Her)
Alice is a painter and printmaker based in Plymouth, Devon. She is passionate about capturing the essence of places, people and animals, especially those we hold dear to our hearts. Her pet portraits are created using watercolour, gouache and pencil: through playing with the interrelationship of these processes, Alice’s pet portraits hold and celebrate the essence of our much loved pets.
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We are always looking for more people to join our team. Are your super powers empathy, care and listening and interested in animal palliative and hospice care? Contact us now for a meet & greet!